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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres

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The Men's 800m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from September 2 to September 4, 2021. A total of 3 events were contested over this distance.

Schedule

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R Round 1 ½ Semifinals F Final
Date[1] Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4
Event M E M E M E
T34 800m R F
T53 800m R F
T54 800m R F

Medal summary

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The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 800 metres events.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T34
details
Walid Ktila
 Tunisia
1:45.50 Mohamed Hammadi
 United Arab Emirates
1:45.59 Wang Yang
 China
1:45.68
T53
details
Pongsakorn Paeyo
 Thailand
1:36.07 GR Brent Lakatos
 Canada
1:36.32 Pierre Fairbank
 France
1:39.67
T54
details
Marcel Hug
 Switzerland
1:33.68 Dai Yunqiang
 China
1:34.11 Saichon Konjen
 Thailand
1:34.19

Results

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The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 800 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.

T34

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The T34 category is for wheelchair athletes with cerebral palsy. Athletes in this category have minimal limitations or control problems in their arms and trunk while pushing a wheelchair.

The final in this classification took place on 4 September 2021, at 9:55:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Walid Ktila  Tunisia 1:45.50
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Mohamed Hammadi  United Arab Emirates 1:45.59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Wang Yang  China 1:45.68 SB
4 6 Henry Manni  Finland 1:47.34
5 8 Austin Smeenk  Canada 1:47.58
6 1 Rheed McCracken  Australia 1:47.68 SB
7 5 Isaac Towers  Great Britain 1:48.08
8 7 Ben Rowlings  Great Britain 1:48.63

T53

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The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

The final in this classification took place on 2 September, at 20:03:[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Pongsakorn Paeyo  Thailand 1:36.07 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Brent Lakatos  Canada 1:36.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Pierre Fairbank  France 1:39.67
4 2 Yang Shaoqiao  China 1:40.08 SB
5 7 Pichet Krungget  Thailand 1:40.09
6 1 Vitalii Gritsenko  RPC 1:40.51 SB
7 5 Masaberee Arsae  Thailand 1:42.09
8 8 Brian Siemann  United States 1:47.18

T54

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The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

The final in this classification took place on 2 September, at 20:32:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Marcel Hug  Switzerland 1:33.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Dai Yunqiang  China 1:34.11 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Saichon Konjen  Thailand 1:34.19
4 6 Daniel Romanchuk  United States 1:34.48
5 8 Zhang Yong  China 1:34.55
6 4 Prawat Wahoram  Thailand 1:34.58
7 3 Putharet Khongrak  Thailand 1:35.86
8 1 Julien Casoli  France 1:39.62

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ "T34 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. ^ "T53 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ "T54 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.